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On Almer Drive, in Hood Manor & Sankey Bridges
What it's like at WA5 1JU: every home that has sold on Almer Drive since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Almer Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 12 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £299,950 | 132 m² | £2,272/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2025 | £203,000 | 81 m² | £2,506/m² | 1 |
| 8, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £165,000 | 113 m² | £1,460/m² | 5 |
| 9, Almer DriveSemi-detached | May 2026 | £272,000 | 87 m² | £3,126/m² | 2 |
| 10, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Jun 1998 | £46,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £249,950 | 82 m² | £3,048/m² | 2 |
| 15, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2003 | £92,500 | 82 m² | £1,128/m² | 2 |
| 16, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £49,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £243,000 | 80 m² | £3,038/m² | 1 |
| 19, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £131,000 | 84 m² | £1,560/m² | 1 |
| 21, Almer DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2012 | £145,000 | 79 m² | £1,835/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Warrington West, a few minutes' walk (500 m), with 389k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Almer Drive, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 13, 14, 15); 31 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Great Sankey Primary School (0.8 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is St Gregory's Catholic High School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 51 · 15.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Penketh Stores, 650 m away, with Tesco closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Great Sankey Health Centre (300 m), with Hood Manor Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Club Tropicana is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Warrington Hospital, 1.6 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Living Room is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Rose Inn the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 103 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Marina Park, 500 m away; for exercise, David Lloyd Clubs (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 24 km.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
32 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Warrington South constituency: Sarah Hall MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,340 (22.8%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Labour 47%, Conservative 24%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
6 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near WA5 1JU →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Nearest: Formby · about 36 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 51 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Warrington since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 12 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 9 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.7% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.1% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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